Softball pitchers not seeming to have arm problems

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Not that I follow the sport closely, but I never hear of a pitcher blowing out her elbow or shoulder. I can think of 2 reasons:

  1. They throw from a flat surface
  2. Their pitching motion is how God intended us to use our arm

Any other reasons? Am I even correct softball pitchers ARE healthier?

2

There’s less injury risk from a softball pitching motion, but it’s not zero risk.

3

Thanks. Even softball pitchers can have overuse injuries.

4

And yet, while the organization that publishes high school baseball and softball rules “strongly suggests” that states adopt limits on pitchers for baseball (and most, if not all, do - as examples, the last time I checked, California has a 10 innings/calendar week limit, and Florida has 10 innings/game and 14/week), there is no such suggestion for softball, even if the first game of a doubleheader goes 14 innings and the same pitchers are expected to throw in the second game.